Democratic U.S. Rep. Donald S. Beyer Jr., who represents the 8th District of Virginia that includes the City of Falls Church, has signed on as a co-chair of the Tax Reform and Fiscal Responsibility Task Force of the New Democratic Coalition that sent a letter to the conference committee hammering out details of the tax reform legislation last week.

The letter calls for the committee to “abandon their partisan approach and pursue a true and serious bipartisan effort.” They put together principles for a bipartisan, fiscally responsible tax plan that includes putting middle class families first; supporting workers and enabling them to invest in themselves and their jobs; simplifying the tax code to enable private sector growth and small business fairness; promoting innovation, entrepreneurship and new business formation; spurring infrastructure investment and creating good, well-paying jobs and being fiscally responsible and built for long-lasting success by pursuing a bipartisan and transparent process.